#IdentityPolitics #Oppression

Deep Diving: Identity Politics

Submitted by Wally on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 8:04am

I'm just throwing this out there, hoping for some feedback on the matter of identity politics. I just ordered and await delivery of a book just recently published entitled Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay. Here's more-or-less a synopsis of the book:
[video:https://youtu.be/dE8p-mcFdNg]

The Conflict Is Not A Bad Thing

Submitted by Nightprowlkitty on Sun, 05/22/2016 - 5:41pm

There have been many sighs and groans over Bernie supporters being called racist, misogynist, privileged, etc., all referring to a progressive egalitarianism that everyone, even right-wingers, professes to possess. Even the most racist person bridles as being called racist, no?

The latest contretemps I've noticed is the battle between Joan Walsh and Neera Tanden and a white male blogger named Matt Bruenig.